| NEW ZEALAND- December 2004 |
| Claire Rosemary Jane, Children's Author |
| Visit to New Zealand |
| Links Tsunami New Zealand homepage New Zealand Index page Tsunami Towns and Cities: Auckland Wellington Christchurch Invercargill Nelson Picton Greymouth Queenstown Napier Gisborne Taupo Rotorua Paihia Specific Excursions: Franz Joseph glacier. Stewart Island Ulva island Southern Alps Tongariro Crossing Cape Reinga Christmas Day in Rotorua Travelling Currency. |
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| Taupo |
| My main website is at http://clairerosemaryjane.co.uk |
| I had one main reason to visit Taupo. I wanted to walk the Tongariaro Crossing. (See separate webpage.) My time there in fact was once again marked by a period of heavy rain, but on the afternoon that I arrived, (having travelled up from Napier) it was a nice enough day to explore around the town a little. But much of that time was spent preparing for the following day. And the news was not good. The Tongariro crossing had been closed for days to all but the most foolahardy as a resul t of the bad weather, and there was no certainty as to whether the hike would be permitted even tomorrow. (Organised trips to the start of the crossing always advise you not to do the walk if they themselves would not be prepared to do it.) |